The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

[Zed]

spellforce 3 and two point hospital... maybe

 

[Rahdulan]

Now to spread out purchases just right so I can refund them if games end up in Humble Monthly.

 

[Heretic]

 

[Vorark]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6338/Dark_Futures_Bundle is 81% off (cannot embed bundles)

 

[Melcar]

This shit sucks balls. Just got my Christmas bonus but Steam has no good sales, GOG has no games I want anymore, already bought computer upgrades for my rig. Shit man, I guess whores.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Not seeing much that's grabbing my attention in the sale. Watch Dogs 2 is pretty cheap at $14, and I'd be more tempted by it if I didn't have a big backlog of games, but $5-10 would make it a lot more enticing. Speaking of the $10 threshold, there's a bundle of 4 Assassin's Creed games that comes out to $10 a pop. Back in the day when Steam sales were Steam sales asscream games would drop to $5 each which is when I'd buy them, but in these dark times $10 might be the new standard. Only problem of course is I still haven't really played any of them but the first anyway. And that's just of "Probably worth a cheap price for the spectacle" mole-poppers. Shit I'm more interested in like Exanima doesn't have any discount at all.

What bout?

The Master of Orion reboot isn't complete shit (Part of the fairly large difference in recent and total reviews are because they did improve it a bit with patches) but it plays a bit more like Civ5 than Master of Orion. I've played a few games of it and it doesn't make me want to hang myself but it isn't really as interesting as the Endless Space games for example. Probably not worth the $7 unless you're really in the mood for some not very innovative but competent enough 4x.

 

[Abu Antar]

I might pick up 2 or 3 untranslated Chinese games. I don't see any must buy game for now. Sorry, ATOM RPG.

 

[Ivan]

discounts not steep enough, backlog still pulling me back


hey! Turok 2 for 75% off....

 

[LESS T_T]

State of War and Warmonger, two RTSes originally released in early 2000s by Slovakian developer Cypronia:

Welcome to State of War, the most fascinating real-time strategy of 2001! It includes original 22 explosive missions. The package also includes a standalone sequel State of War: Warmonger with additional 16 missions. Get both classic games for a reasonable price!

FEATURES:

- Massive destruction with debry flying all over the place.
- An awesome graphics engine with numerous special FX
- The strategic element of Air Forces delivering explosive charges to the battlefield.
- An "Advancer" unit which can take over enemy buildings.
- Realistic natural FX like clouds, smoke and flares.
- The best explosions ever!
- Animated cut scenes at the start of each level.

 

[Turjan]

hey! Turok 2 for 75% off....

For me, it's 50%...

I had a few things I wanted to get, but the discounts seem to be even worse than last year. If there isn't any surprise showing up, I might get nothing this sale. Which isn't the worst thing to happen, either.

 

[Dickie]

Has anyone tried this? I'm kinda curious for $2.50, but I'm scared. Been out less than a year, so I'm guessing sales weren't that great.

 

[hexer]

Discounts suck this year!
I'll probably just pick up Forgotten Anne because that one never seems to go lower than 30%

 

[Dreed]

hey! Turok 2 for 75% off....

For me, it's 50%...

It's a bit cheaper in this bundle if you already have the first one:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/3736/Turok_Bundle/

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'll just link the 'regulars', games that you should own on Steam already because they're (IMO) woefully underpriced considering their true value:











Primordia is part of the "Dark Bundle" that Vorark linked to above, so add that to the list.

 

[Haba]

I'll echo the sentiment, those discounts suck. I have tons of games on my wishlist that have never had a decent discount. And they have been there for years.

 

[Modron]

Yeah I think a lot of companies are doing lesser sales 50-66% during the big buying rushes of summer/winter sale and saving deeper 75%+ discounts for random midweek madness/weekend deals throughout the year these last couple years because they can squeeze more out of the sheeple in their buying frenzies. Like for years I've been thinking about picking up Dishonored 1 but Zenimax has been doing this shit, base game 75% off, complete edition 66% every sale; however, this time around the full edition is only 50% off kek.

 

[mastroego]

Scythe: Digital Edition at -50%.
I'll probably get it.
Anyone tried it?

 

[the_shadow]

I dunno, the discounts seem pretty solid IMHO. People expect something for (almost) nothing these days.

 

[Haba]

One would expect that 5-10 year old game would get discounted properly, wouldn't they?

 

[the_shadow]

One would expect that 5-10 year old game would get discounted properly, wouldn't they?

Depends on the age of the game, its quality, the amount of content/replayability, and the level of the discount.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Here's some games worth buying

 

[rusty_shackleford]

too lazy to convert my media links back to URLs to not get limited so you're getting multiple posts

 

[rusty_shackleford]

 

[rusty_shackleford]

(as far as I'm aware nearly all of the online servers for NWN have moved to the enhanced edition)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

All three dungeon siege + DLC at 85% off($3): https://store.steampowered.com/sub/12086/

Kane & Lynch collection at 90% off($2.68): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1457/Kane__Lynch_Collection/
First game is really good, second is... alright.